GNU bug report logs - #56247
inflate fails to reject invalid distance

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Young Mo Kang <kym327 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 03:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 56247-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "Adler, Mark" <madler <at> alumni.caltech.edu>
Cc: Young Mo Kang <kym327 <at> gmail.com>,
 GNU bug 56247 <56247-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#56247: inflate fails to reject invalid distance
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:44:57 -0500

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 6/27/22 16:29, Adler, Mark wrote:
> Paul,
>
> gzip should reject invalid inflate input. The patch below does that.
>
Thanks for the quick patch. I installed that, along with Young Mo Kang's 
test case, as per the attached.

[0001-gzip-detect-invalid-input.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0002-gzip-test-invalid-input-bug.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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